A manufacturer of a new patented product has found that he can sell 70 units a week to the customer if the price is $48. In error, the price was recently advertised at $78 and as a result only 40 units were sold in a week. The manufacturers fixed costs of production are $ 1710 a week and variable costs are $9 per unit. You are required to Recommend a unit price which would maximise profit and to find the quantity demanded and profit generated at that price.

A manufacturer of a new patented product has found that he can sell 70 units a week to the customer if the price is $48. In error, the price was recently advertised at $78 and as a result only 40 units were sold in a week. The manufacturers fixed costs of production are $ 1710 a week and variable costs are $9 per unit. You are required to Recommend a unit price which would maximise profit and to find the quantity demanded and profit generated at that price.

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter2: Fundamental Economic Concepts

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